{"id":485864,"date":"2026-10-05T16:06:41","date_gmt":"2026-10-05T16:06:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/485864\/"},"modified":"2026-10-05T16:06:41","modified_gmt":"2026-10-05T16:06:41","slug":"fire-department-open-house-this-saturday-in-birmingham-the-oakland-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/485864\/","title":{"rendered":"Fire Department open house this Saturday in Birmingham \u2013 The Oakland Press"},"content":{"rendered":"

Learn about fire safety, meet firefighters, participate in demonstrations, enjoy firehouse chili and more this Saturday at the Birmingham Fire Department\u2019s annual open house.<\/p>\n

The family-friendly, interactive event runs 1 to 4 p.m. at Fire Station 1, located at 572 South Adams Rd.<\/p>\n

Visitors can tour the fire station, explore fire department equipment, operate a firehouse and other activities. There will also be a charitable gift basket raffle, with donations benefiting the Great Lakes Burn Camp.<\/p>\n

\"firetruck\"The event will include fire station tours, firefighter demonstrations and more (photo from City of Birmingham)<\/p>\n

Used household and lithium batteries will be collected by the Southeastern Oakland County Resource Recovery Authority.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe look forward to opening our doors and inviting the community in to meet our firefighters and learn more about the work we do,\u201d said Fire Chief Matt Bartalino. \u201cOur open house is a great opportunity for residents and families to see our equipment, ask questions, learn about fire safety and get to know the members of their fire department.\u201d<\/p>\n

For more information regarding the event, contact the Birmingham Fire Department at 248- 530-1906 or visit bhamgov.org\/fireopenhouse<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For fire safety and prevention information, CPR courses and other community education opportunities, visit bhamgov.org\/fire<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Learn about fire safety, meet firefighters, participate in demonstrations, enjoy firehouse chili and more this Saturday at the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":485865,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[189917,3427,143,145,144,69567],"class_list":["post-485864","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-birmingham-fire-department","tag-fire-safety","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news","tag-open-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485864","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485864"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485864\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/485865"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485864"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485864"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485864"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}